Portable savings bank



July 31, 1928. 1,678,646

, G.-MILLER PORTABLE SAVINGS BANK Filed JanQB. 1927 a n J C D INVENTORATTORNEY GORDON MILLER I @(LM Patented July 31, 1928.

' Y umrso 1,678,646 PA ENTJame GORDON MILLER, OF new YORK, N. Y.,ssrenon TO. rnrmrLonIn, or V woomunnn, nnw'Yon-x.

PORTABLE SAVINGS BANK.

This invention relates to. portablebanks and deals more specificallywith a savings bank adapted. to be carried in a wallet.

It is an object of this invention to provide av portable bank in whichthe owner can determine by inspection the. amount .of money depositedtherein It'isa further objectof this invention. to provide a portablebank which is of minimum. size to carry a predetermined number of coins.1

Further it is an object of this invention to provide a bank which may beemptied of its contents with a minimum of time. and effort.

And finally it. is. an object. of this invention and cheap to construct,and which is highly efiicient in its operation.

' These and, other objects of the invention will be apparent readilyfrom. the. following description taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, in which: V

Figure 1 is'a perspective view'of a bank, showing thedoors open.Figures 1. and l are detail views. I 1

Figure 2 is a front elevation of a modified form of the. invention. H i

Figures 3 and 4 are side elevation and top plan views respectively ofthe bank shown in Figure 2.

Figures 5 and 6. are sectional views taken on the lines 5--5 of Figure 2and 66 of Figure 3 respectively.

Figures 7 and 8 are front and endelevational views respectively, ofanother modification.

Figure 9 shows a detail of the device shown in Figures 7 and 8.

Figures 10 and 11 are front and end ele- Vational views respectively ofstill another modification.

Figure 12 is a detail view of the device shown in Figures 10 and 11.

Referring in detail to Figurel the bank 10 is seen to comprise a middlepartition wall 11 having six longitudinal slots or openings 12 suitablyformed to permit one to see the contents of the bank; A.v pair of ends13 are secured to the wall 11 by soldering, brazing, or by any othersuitable means. In order to permit insertion of the coins the slots 14are provided on one of the ends'13, the slots having suitable dimensionstoaccommodate the particular coins for; whiclr the bank is designed.

.Hinged to'thewall, 11. along one longitudinal edge ,thereof iare theside doors 15 arms l3 integral with the wall at. the upper and lowerendsthereof as shown in Figures 10 and 12. The doors 15 areprovided with theears 15 and 15" which are integrally formed therewith and which embracethe arms, 13: as shown in Figure 12,, the ears 15 being formed on one ofthe doors 1.5. and

the ears 15 being formed on the other door. to provide a. portable bankwhich 1s simple The members 15 are preferably formed. by a singlestamping operation-.9 The ends 17 are bent at right angles. to the mainface of the doors thereby providing with the partition wall 11 and itsend members 13 two closed compartments. In order to provide separatecompartments corresponding substantially to the dimensions of theparticular coins for which the bank. is designed, the ribs 18 are;formedon the inside ofthe doors extending substantially the full lengththereof. The ribs 18 may alternatively be formed on the opposite facesof the wall 11s the abutting to be lockedby a key. 7 i,

In order to prevent egress of the coins through the slots 14 the detentsprings 20 are securedat 21. to the under side of the end 13 in whichthe slots 14 are formed. The ends of the springs extend underthe slot 14and may be deflected downwardly Any suitable locking means is providedon ends 17, at19 which is adapted when the coin is pressed through theslots. I Return of the coin is prevented however by upon the other intangential end to end rela tion. The coins are visible through the slots12 which serve the additional function of permitting the coins to bepulled lengthwise of the compartment. When it is desired to empty thecontents of the bank, the doors are unlocked at 19, spread apart,

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In Figures 2 and 3 there is shown a modified form of the invention inwhich a bank similar to the, one described above is formed in two halfsections provided with coin compartments as described above. The twohalves are hinged at and locked together at 26. The hinges may besuitably formed by stamping two interlocking portions on the adjacentfaces, one corresponding to the arm 13 and the other to the ears 15 or15*. Each of the half sections are formed as shown in thecross-sectional view of Figure 5, the parts being joined together in anymanner well known in the art. WVhen it is desired to empty the contentsof the bank the sections are unlocked at 26 andbent along the hinges 26.The position of the hinges 26 isso chosenthat they are placed along aline across the bank which passes through the points of contact 01 thecoins in the upper half with those in the lower half and it' thereforefollows that the coins do not intereferewith the folding of the sectionswhen it is desired to open the bank.

The modifications shown in Figures 7. 8 and 9, and alsowin Figures 10,11 and 12 differ from those shown in Figure 2 and Figure 1 respectively,only in that. they are formed of single sections instead of threesections. The other details of the structure of these modifications areidentical with those already given in connection with Figures l and 2. Y

lVhile there is shown and described specific embodiments of thisinvention, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that certainchanges may be made, and it is there fore to be understood that theinvention is not limited by the herein disclosed details of constructionwhich are used by way of illustration, but rather protection on allaspects of the invention as defined in the appended claims is secured. c

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A,,portab1e savings bankcomprising means forming a pluralityot coin compartments including asingle partition wall common to said compartments, unitary end membersjoined to said partition wall at the opposite ends thereof, each forminga transverse end wall of said plurality of compartments, side doorsforming, in closed position, the side walls of said compartments andhaving inwardly'directed wall portions atright angles thereto alongopposite edges 'tl'iereofiorming, when the doors are in closed position,longitudinal end'walls of said compartments, and means hingedlyconnecting said side doors to said'partition' w'all. i i h 2. A portablesavings bank comprising means forming a plurality of coin compartmentsincludinga single partition wall common to said compartments, unitaryend memhaving coin admission slots, ribs cooperating with said partitionwalls and said side doors, when in closed position, to formdenominational coin compartments, mean hingedly connecting said sidedoors to'said partition walls and means for locking said SlClG-ClOOlS inclosed posltlon.

eoRDoN MILLER

